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Are You a Reactor or a Responder?by Andy Robinson - Jun, 2011As a leader, as a human, it's natural and instinctive to REACT to a situation -- allowing our EMOTIONS to drive our immediate behavior. Many times, our initial/immediate reaction is something we regret later or is something we realize could have been handled much better.
Great leaders are conscious of their reaction and response to situations. The best leaders substitute reaction with a conscious RESPONSE to a given situ...

Do You Have Interview-Ready Hair?by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2011I’ve known a lot of men who were sensitive about their hair. Guys who didn’t want to part with their long locks for the sake of an office job, men who were concerned they didn’t have enough hair, and others who checked out the gray around the temples and thought about coloring it. But men rarely talk to me about their hair prior to an interview and if you think about it, that’s as good a time as any to discuss the topic.
So...

Executive Job Hunting? You'll Need more Than a Resumeby Laura Smith-Proulx - Jun, 2011If you’re an executive planning your next career move, it might intrigue you to learn that you’ll be judged by more than just your resume during your job search.
In other words, a full resume is not necessarily the best fit for each interviewer or contact.
Surprised? You’ll find that recruiters, company owners, Boards of Directors, and other hiring decision-makers often look at your experience through a series of interv...

How Many Americans Are Happy at Work?by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2011According to a recent survey of close to 2,400 US employees conducted by Mercer, half of US employees are not happy in their jobs. Here are some other interesting stats from the survey:
• Thirty-two percent of US workers are currently considering leaving their organization, up from 23% in 2005.
• Twenty-one percent are not looking to leave but view their employers unfavorably and have low scores on key measures of engag...

OFCCP Proposes Changes to the Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listingby Bill Osterndorf - Jun, 2011When a federal contractor is formally selected for a compliance review, the OFCCP notifies the contractor by sending what is referred to as a Scheduling Letter directly to the facility that will be evaluated. The Scheduling Letter includes an Itemized Listing that requests various statistical reports and other pieces of information. Contractors are required to submit all of the data requested in the Itemized Listing to the O...

Women in the Tradesby Joan Runnheim Olson - Jun, 2011Over a decade ago, I began my journey helping females and males consider non-traditional careers. I worked for a St. Paul, MN-based non-profit helping women enter and succeed in blue collar jobs in the trades. My role was to assess women’s readiness to enter the six-week pre-apprenticeship training program and then help them find jobs once they finished.
I conducted lengthy interviews to determine their level of interest...

Positivity and High Performance - Characteristics of High-Performing Business Teamsby Dr. Maynard Brusman - Jun, 2011Enlightened leaders over the past two years became aware of the need for resilience, and restructuring their organizations for a period of survival and stabilization. Now leaders must rebound and take the next steps for a sustainable future. They must refocus, inspire and innovate to lead successfully and grow their business.
I was recently working with one of my San Francisco Bay Area executive coaching clients – the presid...

Would You Marry Someone Who Was Unemployed?by Barbara Safani - Jun, 2011According to a recent survey conducted by YourTango and ForbesWomen, 75 percent of women surveyed said they would not marry someone without a job and 65 percent said they wouldn’t get married if they were the one who was unemployed. But 91 percent of single women said they would marry for love over money. Huh? Some of the other survey stats intrigued me as well including:
• 55 percent of women would give up their careers t...

Managing your career in a bad economyby Hallie Crawford - Jun, 2011I was interviewed on the radio recently in Atlanta, on Q100, talking about whether the economy’s getting better and how people are feeling about it. The good news is that more of my clients are scoring job interviews. In fact, two of my clients recently have secured new jobs. I’ve also noticed that despite high unemployment rates, employee confidence is coming back. I’m hearing of clients getting called by recruiters again, in...

Why "Grunt Work" Mattersby Lindsey Pollak - Jun, 2011I’ve become increasingly distressed over the years by the number of students and recent grads who complain to me that their jobs or internships contain too much “grunt work.” (Interestingly, these complaints have not slowed at all in the bad economy, when one might think any job, including one that requires some “gruntage,” is better than none.)
First, let’s define this yucky phrase. According to a (possibly dubious?) entr...

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